F things its sometimes easy lose sight fact having fun model airplane important factor Control Line Stunt model intermediate fliers de signed just its small size adds spontaneity ap peal well EJim Kostecky THERE WAS raking yard gor geous fall day perfect blue skies sun really pleasant touched skin September back first week teaching school moments evoke magical times pastthose simple pleasures long ago have etched themselves mem ory bank seem lie wait some like experience trigger heard hair raised back neck Suddenly wanted drop rake grab bicycle go find source fingers tingled senses reeled possessed feeling hadnt experienced quite same way since childhood spellbound de sire find model stand watch ing total fascination done 62 Model Aviation Top translucent covering provides look light strong construction used wing Above generous tail area moment overall lightness allows tight turns times past Almost abruptly come once gonenot noise rev erie Now knew noise what chainsaw probably two streets over shat tering peace quiet wasnt 10 years old anymore 45 woman tel ling shed back half hour store wasnt mom wife wife isnt pretty sharp life kids teaching career ter rific Its just would have given thing 10 years old again searching bike schoolyard ball diamond model airplane flying magic end steel wires Whether yellow orange red blue Control Line planes never failed call siren songs barking engines exuding speed power looped flew upside down glided si lently landing truly sort Splendor Grass Probably modeler could under stand felt clear September af ternoon sudden grating blare chainsaw excavated long-dormant memories childhood fascination hadnt built Control Line airplane since 1972 constructed last competi tion Stunt ship Somehow simple plea sure Id derived Control Liners early years evolved very ful filling competitive Stunt career turn succumbed responsibility family activities Id never forgotten wonderful times Precision Aerobatics less complicated earlier planes Thomas Wolfe may have believed halfbelieved Cant Go Home Again nevertheless sure heck going try very night after chainsaw episode went downstairs de signed subject article Just joy Somehow called Happy Days Back years whole genre sport Control Line airplanes tween simple profile ships like Ringmasters Yak-9s hand competitive Stunt ships like Thun derbirds early Noblers other Wildcats Warriors Squaws Super Ringmasters Continentals host others very legitimate role play intermediate-category planes honed building flying skills Learned build fuselage mount gas tanks wheel pants sand apply finishes solderall good habits save much grief aggravation tackling major Stunt projects later would come enchanting momentthose old-timers know what meanwhen actually flew square loop triangle small heavy airplane stalling out air neat little planes taught can imagine about feel about truly flying competition ship rather simply jerking through series maneu vers some Happy Days will provide pleasurable nostalgia trip airplane can also make fun val uable project intermediate Control Line flier fact Ive seen some fliers set Left The authors sons Jim Jeff stage shot preparing model flight plane equally home grass blacktop al though gear could shortened flying done exclusively hard surfaces Right Pushrod guides made plywood tail wheel protects rudder scrapes ground Any standard control horn pushrod keeper complete elevator hookup Left With model approximately 80% completed paper template made guide cutting out butyrate windshield Right Its simple efficient structure designed fly well also fill gap between rudimentary profile models full-blown Stunters April 1988 63 An old Fox 35 muffler provides plenty power low-tech all-for-fun model pressure line could run muf fler fuel tank ram pressure vent used author works just fine themselyes back both financially timewise jumping basic plane some thing too advanced ship can bridge gap summer spent flying dickens out airplane will pay big dividends later Its lighter similar-sized profile model flies considerably better Barring chance meeting ground will last forever thanks its ability absorb vibration soon found going back design blast past could take some really great new technology Adhesives such Titebond/Elmers va riety carpenters glues certainly plus Cyanoacrylates CyA would have miracle 14-year-old kid started Flite Streak bird model air plane glue silkspan didnt get fly until Sunday afternoon airplanes may have looked pretty good unfortu nately met untimely end lit erally before glue dry Epoxy would have useful too Iron-on coverings would have spared countless admonitions scowls down right threats long-suffering family endured house full dope fumes Mixing some Oil Wintergreen clear dope did appease gasping parents littlebut So got task creating intermediate Control Line model adapted todays flier reminded far weve come area building materials other hand early simpler-but-clumsier days clearly no modelers Eden kind lost inno cence can never recapture Todays modeler faces two realities didnt exist back noise lack convenient flying sites litigation-prone society Noise once fliers trumpet call big brazen sounds models bor ing through skies kicked special surge excitement us vividly remember Nowadays its different story high dB levels once took granted assault neighbors ears noise jeopardizes flying sites So mandatory some sort noise control feature included Happy Days Also current scarcity flying sites convenient modelers homes least part direct result noise issue As kid could have walked half-dozen flying sites Now Im forced drive 15 miles field could closed moment phone call anyone takes exception noise pollution model would need durable landing gear suited rough terrain found outlying fields Happy Days design came up joy buildsimple straightforward yet challenging intermediate builder whole point really flying Im gratified say outperforms its ancestors long tail moment eliminates jerkiness high-speed stab ling might get horsing Ringmaster through 1200 corner Also owing mostly fact builder can select balsa its lightweight ship can remember balsa approximate weight density flexibility concrete some old kits built kid What did know good kit right Finally dont forget use some kind muffler Construction Trace patterns onto appropriate plywood stock like get lot out way start have correct saw handy Bend landing gear drill J-bolt holes plywood landing gear bulkhead Cut out fuselage sides attach plywood doublers place using epoxy carpen ters glue usually pin weight letting dry overnight pre liminary steps accomplished can start building earnest Wing Cut ribs 1/16 balsa Youll need 10 full ribs plus three undercut allow center section planking Cut wing planform plans join section line A-A Attach work surface cover least trailing edge TE portion wax paper now use CyA glues major ity wing construction Pin bottom %2 trailing edge sheet plan Attach two end ribs TE add 1A-in-sq bottom spar spar must shimmed up bench until rear ribs makes flat gapless joint trailing edge sheet CyA everything place add remaining ribs making sure undercut center ribs I/B BRASS TUBE R-2R-Z I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP I/B BALSA SHEET I/B SO-BALSA i/B PLYWOOD 13 WIF UN S/B I/2 MAPLE 1tzI/B BALSA 1SHEET12V 1/32 PLY DOUBLER F-I B F-2 516 BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET HiI ~STABILIZER -litU____ 1114 S/IS BALSA SHEETI/16 PLY HORN MOUNT RECESS IN BOTTOM 7ELEV I/IB M W JOINER I/BI/4 BA SA 5/52 BALSA TURTLE DECK S/3S BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET F 3 - F- 2z5I/B BALSA I/B BALSA SHEETSHEET BOT S IDES 3/32 BALSA I/B DIA MUSIC WIRE I/B BALSA LANDING belong Add leading edge top spar fi nally top trailing edge sheet TE sheet can have its rear edge beveled sanding block give gluing sur face Whether use CyA carpenters glue foregoing assembly recom mend allowing dry overnight Remove wing plan Plank bottom center section /16 balsa sheet glue plywood bellcrank mount Attach A2 wire lead-outs nylon bellcrank easily done needle nose pliers wrapping end around lead-out four five times before clipping off Insert %2 pushrod bellcrank solder retaining washer onto end Thread lead-outs through inboard wing panel out tip Bolt bellcrank mount solder epoxy 64 Model Aviation Full-Size Plans Available. See Page 172 3/B SO BALSA LEADING EDG R-SIN-S 3 LLCRANK N I/A PLY BELL CRANK MOUNT PUSH ROD EXIT -W- WING TOP N-S PLAN VIEW -S 7 0 R-2 q-z 1/16 BALSA SHEET RIBS R-SH- I--1 1J --11~ -~JL--t -- ____________- -7-fI Ii I/B BALSA SHEETELEVATORI/IA BALSA SHEETING FLAP STATIONARYPIJSHROGTOP BOTTOM -- 1 3/32 BALSA T E SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOM I/IA BALSA SHEET TIP SUPPORT /4 50 BALSA SPARS- TOP B BOTTOM WING TIP WEIGHT I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP 1/4 BALSA SCRAP FILL TOP BOTTOM 3/B BALSA SHEET PILL F-I - 1/33 PLY 5 DIA SPINNERDOUBLERS 3/B 1/2 MAPLE MOTOR MOUNTS \ F-2 I/B SO BALSA FS F3A 114 H FUSELAGE VIEW I/B PLY FORMERS F-I B F-S I/BI/4 BALSAI/B BALSA SHEET /FUSELAGE SIDES P4 F-A F-S F A SHEET FORMERS 3/IA BALSA SHEET RUD 1/4 1/5 OFFSET _______\li00_EXIT 19tOZ TANK -------- _--- -_ -LGNYLON 1/16 PLY -HORN IIMOUNT -I/IA MW BOUND TO VIA BPLYPLYWOOD MOUNT BELLCRANK MOUNTI/A BALSA SHEET3/4 DIA 3 BELLCRANKI/B BALSA SHEETCROSS GRAINWHEEL LOCATIONFUSELME SIDES rUt 3/B BAL///7W\ SHEET F ILL/OVERFLOW/Ii1/32 PLY /BOLTSIIIDOUBLER 59 TO 35ILkTO HERE ENGINE FOX 59 SHOWNPAIRING L/B DIA MUSIC WIRE ____________________________-1/4 DIA WHEELS I/IA BALSA SHEET RIB FUSELAGE SIDE VIEW MODEL AVIATION HAPPY DAYS INTERMEDIATE C/L TRAINER DESIGNED BY jIM KOSTECKY TRACING BY 30E DEMARCO nut Add top sheeting allowing neat slot pushrod exit Cut out attach wing tips Add wing tip braces epoxy brass tubing lead-out guides tips Cut out %-in flaps attach wing will added after wing stalled fuselage Smooth wing carefully sanding block making sure round leading edge contour shown plans sharp leading edge will spoil planes cornering ability Fuselage Now doublers have dried check fuselage sides accuracy terms wing cutout stabilizer notch centerlines engine thrust line should parallel Epoxy hardwood engine mounts plywood doublers glad made right left side J-bolt A-in landing gear plywood landing gear mount fuselage former Assemble fuselage sides ply wood firewall landing gear mount using five-minute epoxy Draw rear fuselage together add formers 4 5 6 Slide wing fuselage make sure square fuselage centerline sides viewed front glue place Add formers 3 3A add top stringers nose turtledeck Mount engine good 29- 35 using blind mounting nuts Allen bolts Add soft balsa top block Mount fuel tank have soldered brass tube vent extensions flying bend lower vent slipstream cap upper piece fuel line screw hobby shop still stocks Perfect Brand fuel tank dimensions shown plans yours doesnt suitable alternatives can several sources advertise magazine Plank nose section turtledeck appropriate sheet balsa nose easy done two pieces glue sides moisten draw down middle middle seam glued CyA whole works held masking tape until moisture dries out Plank bottom fuselage grain running across sure install tail wheel before planking over its location Add A-in sheet nose fillers cut out ex haust needle valve holes Block sand fuselage rounding corners smoothing seams Epoxy balsa fairing onto landing gear shape sand Glue stationary wing flaps place Continued page 162 April 1988 65 BALSA EET /4 3/IA BALSA SHEET 3/32 BALSA TURTLEDECKI/B 1/4 FILLBUTYRATESHEETINGBALSA TUBEWINDSHIELD SOFT BALSAI/B BALSAF-3 BPLY /32 DIA MW N BLOCKSHEET F-4BRACE PUSHROD I/B SO\-~--&igF-S F-IBALSA--U -- --- =71 -ii- H i/B BALSA SHEET 0I2345A photos Other tools accessories smaller drawers Rubber stuffer Jim Clems tool loading mo tors Manhattan Scale Bostonian models subject another months photos give idea size shaft /16-in welding rod notched side pieces styro foam sheet left over Dannon Yogurt contain ers after cut out Bostonian prop blades see photo December 1987 column wrongly identified Manhattan prop thread wrap epoxy completes job CL Happy Days/Kostecky Continued page 65 Tail surfaces Cut light C-grain balsa Add A6 plywood control horn mount elevator join elevators wire joiner Round edges taper rudder elevators Hinge stab elevator used nylon RC piano-type hinges Glue stabilizer assembly fuselage slot Add fin add rud der about /2 offset Covering finishing Glue 34 oz weight outboard tip Attach con trol horn bend elevator pushrod Slide plywood fair-lead onto pushrod epoxy fuselage really fastidious industrious builders con trols could enclosed fuselage attaching externally quicker eas ier suited fine Remove horn start finishing process multitude options finish ing dope-and-silkspan epoxy iron-ons youre planning build Stunt ship need experience dopes planes size doesnt rule out dope-and silkspan method like want quick results sacrificing durability following Sand everything 400 wet dry paper used dry Vacuum structure Cover wing MonoKote Mask wing covering about /~ edge meets planking fin ish apply overlaps seam seals Next apply heavy coat K&B epoxy primer dry sand smooth 400 paper too much grain showing re peat filler coat sand again youre fastidious spray coat K&B epoxy whole thing found can Black Baron Epoxy under bench brushed coat yellow came out looking acceptablecertainly concours quality far better planes 20 years ago Some striping tape Mono Kote trim well acetate cockpit fin ished job Dont hesitate experiment kinds miscellaneous extras proj ect wheel pants enclosed controls cockpit detail name few Learning techniques can aggravating can transfer experience advanced projects later Attach elevator horn solder retaining washer set wheels piece fuel line filter once engine muffler have bolted ready go Flying model just pleasant smooth forgiving plane fly Itll whole Precision Aerobatics pattern al though competitively Check center-of-gravity cant imag ine CG coming out anything other nose-heavy initially Fly way first adding tail weight until responds taste Sixty-foot lines 10-in six-pitch propeller used original taking challenge designing building Happy Days worth bet once weather schedule mood click drag out go flying brief shining spell Im 14-year-old kid again savoring mo ment did kid bike tripping over lines ck happy days golden halcyon days Control Line flight CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 66 envelope Tom Dixon Beginner Pattern 1938 Peachtree Suite 401 Atlanta GA 30309 really great idea Sky Rebels continuing successful pat tern established Old-Time Stunt fliers providing well-administered unofficial events supplement official AMA Stunt events Nats particularly good idea should draw some people actually participate Nats might otherwise simply come spectateor perhaps might bother tend extra excitement comes actually participating Nationals ter rific stimulus persons interest Once bitten Nats bug tough shake st ask wives us Stunt junkies about youve reading since Stunts inception truly Precision event advent Nobler encourage passing thought sometime getting good enough fly Nats drop Tom line join fun wont regret Along similar lines although yet off drawing board proposal another supple mental event Doc Passen PO Box 111 Jasonville IN 47438 Doc spearheading group would like initiate what call Nostalgia Stunt event would similar concept now-familiar Old-Time Stunt event designs particular era would qualified competein case years 1953 1963 plan use 1957/58/59 AMA rules essentially same todays exception appear ance points range 16 40 points ex cept include intriguing statement maneuver description horizontal round square eights either inside outside loop may performed first Doc feels era has greater potential OTS number familiarity models qualify much larger familiar pre-1952 vintage OTS 162 Model Aviation 0 0 -h 0 0 z 0 z C, 0 -a 0 -o m m 0 Q C, CD -I CD C, 0 0 C, 0 CD 0 Co 31 0 N D S S. N x 5S& ci x S. Ci x S. x S. S. Ji x S. 0 x S. 0 x U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 64, 65, 162
F things its sometimes easy lose sight fact having fun model airplane important factor Control Line Stunt model intermediate fliers de signed just its small size adds spontaneity ap peal well EJim Kostecky THERE WAS raking yard gor geous fall day perfect blue skies sun really pleasant touched skin September back first week teaching school moments evoke magical times pastthose simple pleasures long ago have etched themselves mem ory bank seem lie wait some like experience trigger heard hair raised back neck Suddenly wanted drop rake grab bicycle go find source fingers tingled senses reeled possessed feeling hadnt experienced quite same way since childhood spellbound de sire find model stand watch ing total fascination done 62 Model Aviation Top translucent covering provides look light strong construction used wing Above generous tail area moment overall lightness allows tight turns times past Almost abruptly come once gonenot noise rev erie Now knew noise what chainsaw probably two streets over shat tering peace quiet wasnt 10 years old anymore 45 woman tel ling shed back half hour store wasnt mom wife wife isnt pretty sharp life kids teaching career ter rific Its just would have given thing 10 years old again searching bike schoolyard ball diamond model airplane flying magic end steel wires Whether yellow orange red blue Control Line planes never failed call siren songs barking engines exuding speed power looped flew upside down glided si lently landing truly sort Splendor Grass Probably modeler could under stand felt clear September af ternoon sudden grating blare chainsaw excavated long-dormant memories childhood fascination hadnt built Control Line airplane since 1972 constructed last competi tion Stunt ship Somehow simple plea sure Id derived Control Liners early years evolved very ful filling competitive Stunt career turn succumbed responsibility family activities Id never forgotten wonderful times Precision Aerobatics less complicated earlier planes Thomas Wolfe may have believed halfbelieved Cant Go Home Again nevertheless sure heck going try very night after chainsaw episode went downstairs de signed subject article Just joy Somehow called Happy Days Back years whole genre sport Control Line airplanes tween simple profile ships like Ringmasters Yak-9s hand competitive Stunt ships like Thun derbirds early Noblers other Wildcats Warriors Squaws Super Ringmasters Continentals host others very legitimate role play intermediate-category planes honed building flying skills Learned build fuselage mount gas tanks wheel pants sand apply finishes solderall good habits save much grief aggravation tackling major Stunt projects later would come enchanting momentthose old-timers know what meanwhen actually flew square loop triangle small heavy airplane stalling out air neat little planes taught can imagine about feel about truly flying competition ship rather simply jerking through series maneu vers some Happy Days will provide pleasurable nostalgia trip airplane can also make fun val uable project intermediate Control Line flier fact Ive seen some fliers set Left The authors sons Jim Jeff stage shot preparing model flight plane equally home grass blacktop al though gear could shortened flying done exclusively hard surfaces Right Pushrod guides made plywood tail wheel protects rudder scrapes ground Any standard control horn pushrod keeper complete elevator hookup Left With model approximately 80% completed paper template made guide cutting out butyrate windshield Right Its simple efficient structure designed fly well also fill gap between rudimentary profile models full-blown Stunters April 1988 63 An old Fox 35 muffler provides plenty power low-tech all-for-fun model pressure line could run muf fler fuel tank ram pressure vent used author works just fine themselyes back both financially timewise jumping basic plane some thing too advanced ship can bridge gap summer spent flying dickens out airplane will pay big dividends later Its lighter similar-sized profile model flies considerably better Barring chance meeting ground will last forever thanks its ability absorb vibration soon found going back design blast past could take some really great new technology Adhesives such Titebond/Elmers va riety carpenters glues certainly plus Cyanoacrylates CyA would have miracle 14-year-old kid started Flite Streak bird model air plane glue silkspan didnt get fly until Sunday afternoon airplanes may have looked pretty good unfortu nately met untimely end lit erally before glue dry Epoxy would have useful too Iron-on coverings would have spared countless admonitions scowls down right threats long-suffering family endured house full dope fumes Mixing some Oil Wintergreen clear dope did appease gasping parents littlebut So got task creating intermediate Control Line model adapted todays flier reminded far weve come area building materials other hand early simpler-but-clumsier days clearly no modelers Eden kind lost inno cence can never recapture Todays modeler faces two realities didnt exist back noise lack convenient flying sites litigation-prone society Noise once fliers trumpet call big brazen sounds models bor ing through skies kicked special surge excitement us vividly remember Nowadays its different story high dB levels once took granted assault neighbors ears noise jeopardizes flying sites So mandatory some sort noise control feature included Happy Days Also current scarcity flying sites convenient modelers homes least part direct result noise issue As kid could have walked half-dozen flying sites Now Im forced drive 15 miles field could closed moment phone call anyone takes exception noise pollution model would need durable landing gear suited rough terrain found outlying fields Happy Days design came up joy buildsimple straightforward yet challenging intermediate builder whole point really flying Im gratified say outperforms its ancestors long tail moment eliminates jerkiness high-speed stab ling might get horsing Ringmaster through 1200 corner Also owing mostly fact builder can select balsa its lightweight ship can remember balsa approximate weight density flexibility concrete some old kits built kid What did know good kit right Finally dont forget use some kind muffler Construction Trace patterns onto appropriate plywood stock like get lot out way start have correct saw handy Bend landing gear drill J-bolt holes plywood landing gear bulkhead Cut out fuselage sides attach plywood doublers place using epoxy carpen ters glue usually pin weight letting dry overnight pre liminary steps accomplished can start building earnest Wing Cut ribs 1/16 balsa Youll need 10 full ribs plus three undercut allow center section planking Cut wing planform plans join section line A-A Attach work surface cover least trailing edge TE portion wax paper now use CyA glues major ity wing construction Pin bottom %2 trailing edge sheet plan Attach two end ribs TE add 1A-in-sq bottom spar spar must shimmed up bench until rear ribs makes flat gapless joint trailing edge sheet CyA everything place add remaining ribs making sure undercut center ribs I/B BRASS TUBE R-2R-Z I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP I/B BALSA SHEET I/B SO-BALSA i/B PLYWOOD 13 WIF UN S/B I/2 MAPLE 1tzI/B BALSA 1SHEET12V 1/32 PLY DOUBLER F-I B F-2 516 BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET HiI ~STABILIZER -litU____ 1114 S/IS BALSA SHEETI/16 PLY HORN MOUNT RECESS IN BOTTOM 7ELEV I/IB M W JOINER I/BI/4 BA SA 5/52 BALSA TURTLE DECK S/3S BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET F 3 - F- 2z5I/B BALSA I/B BALSA SHEETSHEET BOT S IDES 3/32 BALSA I/B DIA MUSIC WIRE I/B BALSA LANDING belong Add leading edge top spar fi nally top trailing edge sheet TE sheet can have its rear edge beveled sanding block give gluing sur face Whether use CyA carpenters glue foregoing assembly recom mend allowing dry overnight Remove wing plan Plank bottom center section /16 balsa sheet glue plywood bellcrank mount Attach A2 wire lead-outs nylon bellcrank easily done needle nose pliers wrapping end around lead-out four five times before clipping off Insert %2 pushrod bellcrank solder retaining washer onto end Thread lead-outs through inboard wing panel out tip Bolt bellcrank mount solder epoxy 64 Model Aviation Full-Size Plans Available. See Page 172 3/B SO BALSA LEADING EDG R-SIN-S 3 LLCRANK N I/A PLY BELL CRANK MOUNT PUSH ROD EXIT -W- WING TOP N-S PLAN VIEW -S 7 0 R-2 q-z 1/16 BALSA SHEET RIBS R-SH- I--1 1J --11~ -~JL--t -- ____________- -7-fI Ii I/B BALSA SHEETELEVATORI/IA BALSA SHEETING FLAP STATIONARYPIJSHROGTOP BOTTOM -- 1 3/32 BALSA T E SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOM I/IA BALSA SHEET TIP SUPPORT /4 50 BALSA SPARS- TOP B BOTTOM WING TIP WEIGHT I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP 1/4 BALSA SCRAP FILL TOP BOTTOM 3/B BALSA SHEET PILL F-I - 1/33 PLY 5 DIA SPINNERDOUBLERS 3/B 1/2 MAPLE MOTOR MOUNTS \ F-2 I/B SO BALSA FS F3A 114 H FUSELAGE VIEW I/B PLY FORMERS F-I B F-S I/BI/4 BALSAI/B BALSA SHEET /FUSELAGE SIDES P4 F-A F-S F A SHEET FORMERS 3/IA BALSA SHEET RUD 1/4 1/5 OFFSET _______\li00_EXIT 19tOZ TANK -------- _--- -_ -LGNYLON 1/16 PLY -HORN IIMOUNT -I/IA MW BOUND TO VIA BPLYPLYWOOD MOUNT BELLCRANK MOUNTI/A BALSA SHEET3/4 DIA 3 BELLCRANKI/B BALSA SHEETCROSS GRAINWHEEL LOCATIONFUSELME SIDES rUt 3/B BAL///7W\ SHEET F ILL/OVERFLOW/Ii1/32 PLY /BOLTSIIIDOUBLER 59 TO 35ILkTO HERE ENGINE FOX 59 SHOWNPAIRING L/B DIA MUSIC WIRE ____________________________-1/4 DIA WHEELS I/IA BALSA SHEET RIB FUSELAGE SIDE VIEW MODEL AVIATION HAPPY DAYS INTERMEDIATE C/L TRAINER DESIGNED BY jIM KOSTECKY TRACING BY 30E DEMARCO nut Add top sheeting allowing neat slot pushrod exit Cut out attach wing tips Add wing tip braces epoxy brass tubing lead-out guides tips Cut out %-in flaps attach wing will added after wing stalled fuselage Smooth wing carefully sanding block making sure round leading edge contour shown plans sharp leading edge will spoil planes cornering ability Fuselage Now doublers have dried check fuselage sides accuracy terms wing cutout stabilizer notch centerlines engine thrust line should parallel Epoxy hardwood engine mounts plywood doublers glad made right left side J-bolt A-in landing gear plywood landing gear mount fuselage former Assemble fuselage sides ply wood firewall landing gear mount using five-minute epoxy Draw rear fuselage together add formers 4 5 6 Slide wing fuselage make sure square fuselage centerline sides viewed front glue place Add formers 3 3A add top stringers nose turtledeck Mount engine good 29- 35 using blind mounting nuts Allen bolts Add soft balsa top block Mount fuel tank have soldered brass tube vent extensions flying bend lower vent slipstream cap upper piece fuel line screw hobby shop still stocks Perfect Brand fuel tank dimensions shown plans yours doesnt suitable alternatives can several sources advertise magazine Plank nose section turtledeck appropriate sheet balsa nose easy done two pieces glue sides moisten draw down middle middle seam glued CyA whole works held masking tape until moisture dries out Plank bottom fuselage grain running across sure install tail wheel before planking over its location Add A-in sheet nose fillers cut out ex haust needle valve holes Block sand fuselage rounding corners smoothing seams Epoxy balsa fairing onto landing gear shape sand Glue stationary wing flaps place Continued page 162 April 1988 65 BALSA EET /4 3/IA BALSA SHEET 3/32 BALSA TURTLEDECKI/B 1/4 FILLBUTYRATESHEETINGBALSA TUBEWINDSHIELD SOFT BALSAI/B BALSAF-3 BPLY /32 DIA MW N BLOCKSHEET F-4BRACE PUSHROD I/B SO\-~--&igF-S F-IBALSA--U -- --- =71 -ii- H i/B BALSA SHEET 0I2345A photos Other tools accessories smaller drawers Rubber stuffer Jim Clems tool loading mo tors Manhattan Scale Bostonian models subject another months photos give idea size shaft /16-in welding rod notched side pieces styro foam sheet left over Dannon Yogurt contain ers after cut out Bostonian prop blades see photo December 1987 column wrongly identified Manhattan prop thread wrap epoxy completes job CL Happy Days/Kostecky Continued page 65 Tail surfaces Cut light C-grain balsa Add A6 plywood control horn mount elevator join elevators wire joiner Round edges taper rudder elevators Hinge stab elevator used nylon RC piano-type hinges Glue stabilizer assembly fuselage slot Add fin add rud der about /2 offset Covering finishing Glue 34 oz weight outboard tip Attach con trol horn bend elevator pushrod Slide plywood fair-lead onto pushrod epoxy fuselage really fastidious industrious builders con trols could enclosed fuselage attaching externally quicker eas ier suited fine Remove horn start finishing process multitude options finish ing dope-and-silkspan epoxy iron-ons youre planning build Stunt ship need experience dopes planes size doesnt rule out dope-and silkspan method like want quick results sacrificing durability following Sand everything 400 wet dry paper used dry Vacuum structure Cover wing MonoKote Mask wing covering about /~ edge meets planking fin ish apply overlaps seam seals Next apply heavy coat K&B epoxy primer dry sand smooth 400 paper too much grain showing re peat filler coat sand again youre fastidious spray coat K&B epoxy whole thing found can Black Baron Epoxy under bench brushed coat yellow came out looking acceptablecertainly concours quality far better planes 20 years ago Some striping tape Mono Kote trim well acetate cockpit fin ished job Dont hesitate experiment kinds miscellaneous extras proj ect wheel pants enclosed controls cockpit detail name few Learning techniques can aggravating can transfer experience advanced projects later Attach elevator horn solder retaining washer set wheels piece fuel line filter once engine muffler have bolted ready go Flying model just pleasant smooth forgiving plane fly Itll whole Precision Aerobatics pattern al though competitively Check center-of-gravity cant imag ine CG coming out anything other nose-heavy initially Fly way first adding tail weight until responds taste Sixty-foot lines 10-in six-pitch propeller used original taking challenge designing building Happy Days worth bet once weather schedule mood click drag out go flying brief shining spell Im 14-year-old kid again savoring mo ment did kid bike tripping over lines ck happy days golden halcyon days Control Line flight CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 66 envelope Tom Dixon Beginner Pattern 1938 Peachtree Suite 401 Atlanta GA 30309 really great idea Sky Rebels continuing successful pat tern established Old-Time Stunt fliers providing well-administered unofficial events supplement official AMA Stunt events Nats particularly good idea should draw some people actually participate Nats might otherwise simply come spectateor perhaps might bother tend extra excitement comes actually participating Nationals ter rific stimulus persons interest Once bitten Nats bug tough shake st ask wives us Stunt junkies about youve reading since Stunts inception truly Precision event advent Nobler encourage passing thought sometime getting good enough fly Nats drop Tom line join fun wont regret Along similar lines although yet off drawing board proposal another supple mental event Doc Passen PO Box 111 Jasonville IN 47438 Doc spearheading group would like initiate what call Nostalgia Stunt event would similar concept now-familiar Old-Time Stunt event designs particular era would qualified competein case years 1953 1963 plan use 1957/58/59 AMA rules essentially same todays exception appear ance points range 16 40 points ex cept include intriguing statement maneuver description horizontal round square eights either inside outside loop may performed first Doc feels era has greater potential OTS number familiarity models qualify much larger familiar pre-1952 vintage OTS 162 Model Aviation 0 0 -h 0 0 z 0 z C, 0 -a 0 -o m m 0 Q C, CD -I CD C, 0 0 C, 0 CD 0 Co 31 0 N D S S. N x 5S& ci x S. Ci x S. x S. S. Ji x S. 0 x S. 0 x U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 64, 65, 162
F things its sometimes easy lose sight fact having fun model airplane important factor Control Line Stunt model intermediate fliers de signed just its small size adds spontaneity ap peal well EJim Kostecky THERE WAS raking yard gor geous fall day perfect blue skies sun really pleasant touched skin September back first week teaching school moments evoke magical times pastthose simple pleasures long ago have etched themselves mem ory bank seem lie wait some like experience trigger heard hair raised back neck Suddenly wanted drop rake grab bicycle go find source fingers tingled senses reeled possessed feeling hadnt experienced quite same way since childhood spellbound de sire find model stand watch ing total fascination done 62 Model Aviation Top translucent covering provides look light strong construction used wing Above generous tail area moment overall lightness allows tight turns times past Almost abruptly come once gonenot noise rev erie Now knew noise what chainsaw probably two streets over shat tering peace quiet wasnt 10 years old anymore 45 woman tel ling shed back half hour store wasnt mom wife wife isnt pretty sharp life kids teaching career ter rific Its just would have given thing 10 years old again searching bike schoolyard ball diamond model airplane flying magic end steel wires Whether yellow orange red blue Control Line planes never failed call siren songs barking engines exuding speed power looped flew upside down glided si lently landing truly sort Splendor Grass Probably modeler could under stand felt clear September af ternoon sudden grating blare chainsaw excavated long-dormant memories childhood fascination hadnt built Control Line airplane since 1972 constructed last competi tion Stunt ship Somehow simple plea sure Id derived Control Liners early years evolved very ful filling competitive Stunt career turn succumbed responsibility family activities Id never forgotten wonderful times Precision Aerobatics less complicated earlier planes Thomas Wolfe may have believed halfbelieved Cant Go Home Again nevertheless sure heck going try very night after chainsaw episode went downstairs de signed subject article Just joy Somehow called Happy Days Back years whole genre sport Control Line airplanes tween simple profile ships like Ringmasters Yak-9s hand competitive Stunt ships like Thun derbirds early Noblers other Wildcats Warriors Squaws Super Ringmasters Continentals host others very legitimate role play intermediate-category planes honed building flying skills Learned build fuselage mount gas tanks wheel pants sand apply finishes solderall good habits save much grief aggravation tackling major Stunt projects later would come enchanting momentthose old-timers know what meanwhen actually flew square loop triangle small heavy airplane stalling out air neat little planes taught can imagine about feel about truly flying competition ship rather simply jerking through series maneu vers some Happy Days will provide pleasurable nostalgia trip airplane can also make fun val uable project intermediate Control Line flier fact Ive seen some fliers set Left The authors sons Jim Jeff stage shot preparing model flight plane equally home grass blacktop al though gear could shortened flying done exclusively hard surfaces Right Pushrod guides made plywood tail wheel protects rudder scrapes ground Any standard control horn pushrod keeper complete elevator hookup Left With model approximately 80% completed paper template made guide cutting out butyrate windshield Right Its simple efficient structure designed fly well also fill gap between rudimentary profile models full-blown Stunters April 1988 63 An old Fox 35 muffler provides plenty power low-tech all-for-fun model pressure line could run muf fler fuel tank ram pressure vent used author works just fine themselyes back both financially timewise jumping basic plane some thing too advanced ship can bridge gap summer spent flying dickens out airplane will pay big dividends later Its lighter similar-sized profile model flies considerably better Barring chance meeting ground will last forever thanks its ability absorb vibration soon found going back design blast past could take some really great new technology Adhesives such Titebond/Elmers va riety carpenters glues certainly plus Cyanoacrylates CyA would have miracle 14-year-old kid started Flite Streak bird model air plane glue silkspan didnt get fly until Sunday afternoon airplanes may have looked pretty good unfortu nately met untimely end lit erally before glue dry Epoxy would have useful too Iron-on coverings would have spared countless admonitions scowls down right threats long-suffering family endured house full dope fumes Mixing some Oil Wintergreen clear dope did appease gasping parents littlebut So got task creating intermediate Control Line model adapted todays flier reminded far weve come area building materials other hand early simpler-but-clumsier days clearly no modelers Eden kind lost inno cence can never recapture Todays modeler faces two realities didnt exist back noise lack convenient flying sites litigation-prone society Noise once fliers trumpet call big brazen sounds models bor ing through skies kicked special surge excitement us vividly remember Nowadays its different story high dB levels once took granted assault neighbors ears noise jeopardizes flying sites So mandatory some sort noise control feature included Happy Days Also current scarcity flying sites convenient modelers homes least part direct result noise issue As kid could have walked half-dozen flying sites Now Im forced drive 15 miles field could closed moment phone call anyone takes exception noise pollution model would need durable landing gear suited rough terrain found outlying fields Happy Days design came up joy buildsimple straightforward yet challenging intermediate builder whole point really flying Im gratified say outperforms its ancestors long tail moment eliminates jerkiness high-speed stab ling might get horsing Ringmaster through 1200 corner Also owing mostly fact builder can select balsa its lightweight ship can remember balsa approximate weight density flexibility concrete some old kits built kid What did know good kit right Finally dont forget use some kind muffler Construction Trace patterns onto appropriate plywood stock like get lot out way start have correct saw handy Bend landing gear drill J-bolt holes plywood landing gear bulkhead Cut out fuselage sides attach plywood doublers place using epoxy carpen ters glue usually pin weight letting dry overnight pre liminary steps accomplished can start building earnest Wing Cut ribs 1/16 balsa Youll need 10 full ribs plus three undercut allow center section planking Cut wing planform plans join section line A-A Attach work surface cover least trailing edge TE portion wax paper now use CyA glues major ity wing construction Pin bottom %2 trailing edge sheet plan Attach two end ribs TE add 1A-in-sq bottom spar spar must shimmed up bench until rear ribs makes flat gapless joint trailing edge sheet CyA everything place add remaining ribs making sure undercut center ribs I/B BRASS TUBE R-2R-Z I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP I/B BALSA SHEET I/B SO-BALSA i/B PLYWOOD 13 WIF UN S/B I/2 MAPLE 1tzI/B BALSA 1SHEET12V 1/32 PLY DOUBLER F-I B F-2 516 BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET HiI ~STABILIZER -litU____ 1114 S/IS BALSA SHEETI/16 PLY HORN MOUNT RECESS IN BOTTOM 7ELEV I/IB M W JOINER I/BI/4 BA SA 5/52 BALSA TURTLE DECK S/3S BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET F 3 - F- 2z5I/B BALSA I/B BALSA SHEETSHEET BOT S IDES 3/32 BALSA I/B DIA MUSIC WIRE I/B BALSA LANDING belong Add leading edge top spar fi nally top trailing edge sheet TE sheet can have its rear edge beveled sanding block give gluing sur face Whether use CyA carpenters glue foregoing assembly recom mend allowing dry overnight Remove wing plan Plank bottom center section /16 balsa sheet glue plywood bellcrank mount Attach A2 wire lead-outs nylon bellcrank easily done needle nose pliers wrapping end around lead-out four five times before clipping off Insert %2 pushrod bellcrank solder retaining washer onto end Thread lead-outs through inboard wing panel out tip Bolt bellcrank mount solder epoxy 64 Model Aviation Full-Size Plans Available. See Page 172 3/B SO BALSA LEADING EDG R-SIN-S 3 LLCRANK N I/A PLY BELL CRANK MOUNT PUSH ROD EXIT -W- WING TOP N-S PLAN VIEW -S 7 0 R-2 q-z 1/16 BALSA SHEET RIBS R-SH- I--1 1J --11~ -~JL--t -- ____________- -7-fI Ii I/B BALSA SHEETELEVATORI/IA BALSA SHEETING FLAP STATIONARYPIJSHROGTOP BOTTOM -- 1 3/32 BALSA T E SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOM I/IA BALSA SHEET TIP SUPPORT /4 50 BALSA SPARS- TOP B BOTTOM WING TIP WEIGHT I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP 1/4 BALSA SCRAP FILL TOP BOTTOM 3/B BALSA SHEET PILL F-I - 1/33 PLY 5 DIA SPINNERDOUBLERS 3/B 1/2 MAPLE MOTOR MOUNTS \ F-2 I/B SO BALSA FS F3A 114 H FUSELAGE VIEW I/B PLY FORMERS F-I B F-S I/BI/4 BALSAI/B BALSA SHEET /FUSELAGE SIDES P4 F-A F-S F A SHEET FORMERS 3/IA BALSA SHEET RUD 1/4 1/5 OFFSET _______\li00_EXIT 19tOZ TANK -------- _--- -_ -LGNYLON 1/16 PLY -HORN IIMOUNT -I/IA MW BOUND TO VIA BPLYPLYWOOD MOUNT BELLCRANK MOUNTI/A BALSA SHEET3/4 DIA 3 BELLCRANKI/B BALSA SHEETCROSS GRAINWHEEL LOCATIONFUSELME SIDES rUt 3/B BAL///7W\ SHEET F ILL/OVERFLOW/Ii1/32 PLY /BOLTSIIIDOUBLER 59 TO 35ILkTO HERE ENGINE FOX 59 SHOWNPAIRING L/B DIA MUSIC WIRE ____________________________-1/4 DIA WHEELS I/IA BALSA SHEET RIB FUSELAGE SIDE VIEW MODEL AVIATION HAPPY DAYS INTERMEDIATE C/L TRAINER DESIGNED BY jIM KOSTECKY TRACING BY 30E DEMARCO nut Add top sheeting allowing neat slot pushrod exit Cut out attach wing tips Add wing tip braces epoxy brass tubing lead-out guides tips Cut out %-in flaps attach wing will added after wing stalled fuselage Smooth wing carefully sanding block making sure round leading edge contour shown plans sharp leading edge will spoil planes cornering ability Fuselage Now doublers have dried check fuselage sides accuracy terms wing cutout stabilizer notch centerlines engine thrust line should parallel Epoxy hardwood engine mounts plywood doublers glad made right left side J-bolt A-in landing gear plywood landing gear mount fuselage former Assemble fuselage sides ply wood firewall landing gear mount using five-minute epoxy Draw rear fuselage together add formers 4 5 6 Slide wing fuselage make sure square fuselage centerline sides viewed front glue place Add formers 3 3A add top stringers nose turtledeck Mount engine good 29- 35 using blind mounting nuts Allen bolts Add soft balsa top block Mount fuel tank have soldered brass tube vent extensions flying bend lower vent slipstream cap upper piece fuel line screw hobby shop still stocks Perfect Brand fuel tank dimensions shown plans yours doesnt suitable alternatives can several sources advertise magazine Plank nose section turtledeck appropriate sheet balsa nose easy done two pieces glue sides moisten draw down middle middle seam glued CyA whole works held masking tape until moisture dries out Plank bottom fuselage grain running across sure install tail wheel before planking over its location Add A-in sheet nose fillers cut out ex haust needle valve holes Block sand fuselage rounding corners smoothing seams Epoxy balsa fairing onto landing gear shape sand Glue stationary wing flaps place Continued page 162 April 1988 65 BALSA EET /4 3/IA BALSA SHEET 3/32 BALSA TURTLEDECKI/B 1/4 FILLBUTYRATESHEETINGBALSA TUBEWINDSHIELD SOFT BALSAI/B BALSAF-3 BPLY /32 DIA MW N BLOCKSHEET F-4BRACE PUSHROD I/B SO\-~--&igF-S F-IBALSA--U -- --- =71 -ii- H i/B BALSA SHEET 0I2345A photos Other tools accessories smaller drawers Rubber stuffer Jim Clems tool loading mo tors Manhattan Scale Bostonian models subject another months photos give idea size shaft /16-in welding rod notched side pieces styro foam sheet left over Dannon Yogurt contain ers after cut out Bostonian prop blades see photo December 1987 column wrongly identified Manhattan prop thread wrap epoxy completes job CL Happy Days/Kostecky Continued page 65 Tail surfaces Cut light C-grain balsa Add A6 plywood control horn mount elevator join elevators wire joiner Round edges taper rudder elevators Hinge stab elevator used nylon RC piano-type hinges Glue stabilizer assembly fuselage slot Add fin add rud der about /2 offset Covering finishing Glue 34 oz weight outboard tip Attach con trol horn bend elevator pushrod Slide plywood fair-lead onto pushrod epoxy fuselage really fastidious industrious builders con trols could enclosed fuselage attaching externally quicker eas ier suited fine Remove horn start finishing process multitude options finish ing dope-and-silkspan epoxy iron-ons youre planning build Stunt ship need experience dopes planes size doesnt rule out dope-and silkspan method like want quick results sacrificing durability following Sand everything 400 wet dry paper used dry Vacuum structure Cover wing MonoKote Mask wing covering about /~ edge meets planking fin ish apply overlaps seam seals Next apply heavy coat K&B epoxy primer dry sand smooth 400 paper too much grain showing re peat filler coat sand again youre fastidious spray coat K&B epoxy whole thing found can Black Baron Epoxy under bench brushed coat yellow came out looking acceptablecertainly concours quality far better planes 20 years ago Some striping tape Mono Kote trim well acetate cockpit fin ished job Dont hesitate experiment kinds miscellaneous extras proj ect wheel pants enclosed controls cockpit detail name few Learning techniques can aggravating can transfer experience advanced projects later Attach elevator horn solder retaining washer set wheels piece fuel line filter once engine muffler have bolted ready go Flying model just pleasant smooth forgiving plane fly Itll whole Precision Aerobatics pattern al though competitively Check center-of-gravity cant imag ine CG coming out anything other nose-heavy initially Fly way first adding tail weight until responds taste Sixty-foot lines 10-in six-pitch propeller used original taking challenge designing building Happy Days worth bet once weather schedule mood click drag out go flying brief shining spell Im 14-year-old kid again savoring mo ment did kid bike tripping over lines ck happy days golden halcyon days Control Line flight CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 66 envelope Tom Dixon Beginner Pattern 1938 Peachtree Suite 401 Atlanta GA 30309 really great idea Sky Rebels continuing successful pat tern established Old-Time Stunt fliers providing well-administered unofficial events supplement official AMA Stunt events Nats particularly good idea should draw some people actually participate Nats might otherwise simply come spectateor perhaps might bother tend extra excitement comes actually participating Nationals ter rific stimulus persons interest Once bitten Nats bug tough shake st ask wives us Stunt junkies about youve reading since Stunts inception truly Precision event advent Nobler encourage passing thought sometime getting good enough fly Nats drop Tom line join fun wont regret Along similar lines although yet off drawing board proposal another supple mental event Doc Passen PO Box 111 Jasonville IN 47438 Doc spearheading group would like initiate what call Nostalgia Stunt event would similar concept now-familiar Old-Time Stunt event designs particular era would qualified competein case years 1953 1963 plan use 1957/58/59 AMA rules essentially same todays exception appear ance points range 16 40 points ex cept include intriguing statement maneuver description horizontal round square eights either inside outside loop may performed first Doc feels era has greater potential OTS number familiarity models qualify much larger familiar pre-1952 vintage OTS 162 Model Aviation 0 0 -h 0 0 z 0 z C, 0 -a 0 -o m m 0 Q C, CD -I CD C, 0 0 C, 0 CD 0 Co 31 0 N D S S. N x 5S& ci x S. Ci x S. x S. S. Ji x S. 0 x S. 0 x U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 64, 65, 162
F things its sometimes easy lose sight fact having fun model airplane important factor Control Line Stunt model intermediate fliers de signed just its small size adds spontaneity ap peal well EJim Kostecky THERE WAS raking yard gor geous fall day perfect blue skies sun really pleasant touched skin September back first week teaching school moments evoke magical times pastthose simple pleasures long ago have etched themselves mem ory bank seem lie wait some like experience trigger heard hair raised back neck Suddenly wanted drop rake grab bicycle go find source fingers tingled senses reeled possessed feeling hadnt experienced quite same way since childhood spellbound de sire find model stand watch ing total fascination done 62 Model Aviation Top translucent covering provides look light strong construction used wing Above generous tail area moment overall lightness allows tight turns times past Almost abruptly come once gonenot noise rev erie Now knew noise what chainsaw probably two streets over shat tering peace quiet wasnt 10 years old anymore 45 woman tel ling shed back half hour store wasnt mom wife wife isnt pretty sharp life kids teaching career ter rific Its just would have given thing 10 years old again searching bike schoolyard ball diamond model airplane flying magic end steel wires Whether yellow orange red blue Control Line planes never failed call siren songs barking engines exuding speed power looped flew upside down glided si lently landing truly sort Splendor Grass Probably modeler could under stand felt clear September af ternoon sudden grating blare chainsaw excavated long-dormant memories childhood fascination hadnt built Control Line airplane since 1972 constructed last competi tion Stunt ship Somehow simple plea sure Id derived Control Liners early years evolved very ful filling competitive Stunt career turn succumbed responsibility family activities Id never forgotten wonderful times Precision Aerobatics less complicated earlier planes Thomas Wolfe may have believed halfbelieved Cant Go Home Again nevertheless sure heck going try very night after chainsaw episode went downstairs de signed subject article Just joy Somehow called Happy Days Back years whole genre sport Control Line airplanes tween simple profile ships like Ringmasters Yak-9s hand competitive Stunt ships like Thun derbirds early Noblers other Wildcats Warriors Squaws Super Ringmasters Continentals host others very legitimate role play intermediate-category planes honed building flying skills Learned build fuselage mount gas tanks wheel pants sand apply finishes solderall good habits save much grief aggravation tackling major Stunt projects later would come enchanting momentthose old-timers know what meanwhen actually flew square loop triangle small heavy airplane stalling out air neat little planes taught can imagine about feel about truly flying competition ship rather simply jerking through series maneu vers some Happy Days will provide pleasurable nostalgia trip airplane can also make fun val uable project intermediate Control Line flier fact Ive seen some fliers set Left The authors sons Jim Jeff stage shot preparing model flight plane equally home grass blacktop al though gear could shortened flying done exclusively hard surfaces Right Pushrod guides made plywood tail wheel protects rudder scrapes ground Any standard control horn pushrod keeper complete elevator hookup Left With model approximately 80% completed paper template made guide cutting out butyrate windshield Right Its simple efficient structure designed fly well also fill gap between rudimentary profile models full-blown Stunters April 1988 63 An old Fox 35 muffler provides plenty power low-tech all-for-fun model pressure line could run muf fler fuel tank ram pressure vent used author works just fine themselyes back both financially timewise jumping basic plane some thing too advanced ship can bridge gap summer spent flying dickens out airplane will pay big dividends later Its lighter similar-sized profile model flies considerably better Barring chance meeting ground will last forever thanks its ability absorb vibration soon found going back design blast past could take some really great new technology Adhesives such Titebond/Elmers va riety carpenters glues certainly plus Cyanoacrylates CyA would have miracle 14-year-old kid started Flite Streak bird model air plane glue silkspan didnt get fly until Sunday afternoon airplanes may have looked pretty good unfortu nately met untimely end lit erally before glue dry Epoxy would have useful too Iron-on coverings would have spared countless admonitions scowls down right threats long-suffering family endured house full dope fumes Mixing some Oil Wintergreen clear dope did appease gasping parents littlebut So got task creating intermediate Control Line model adapted todays flier reminded far weve come area building materials other hand early simpler-but-clumsier days clearly no modelers Eden kind lost inno cence can never recapture Todays modeler faces two realities didnt exist back noise lack convenient flying sites litigation-prone society Noise once fliers trumpet call big brazen sounds models bor ing through skies kicked special surge excitement us vividly remember Nowadays its different story high dB levels once took granted assault neighbors ears noise jeopardizes flying sites So mandatory some sort noise control feature included Happy Days Also current scarcity flying sites convenient modelers homes least part direct result noise issue As kid could have walked half-dozen flying sites Now Im forced drive 15 miles field could closed moment phone call anyone takes exception noise pollution model would need durable landing gear suited rough terrain found outlying fields Happy Days design came up joy buildsimple straightforward yet challenging intermediate builder whole point really flying Im gratified say outperforms its ancestors long tail moment eliminates jerkiness high-speed stab ling might get horsing Ringmaster through 1200 corner Also owing mostly fact builder can select balsa its lightweight ship can remember balsa approximate weight density flexibility concrete some old kits built kid What did know good kit right Finally dont forget use some kind muffler Construction Trace patterns onto appropriate plywood stock like get lot out way start have correct saw handy Bend landing gear drill J-bolt holes plywood landing gear bulkhead Cut out fuselage sides attach plywood doublers place using epoxy carpen ters glue usually pin weight letting dry overnight pre liminary steps accomplished can start building earnest Wing Cut ribs 1/16 balsa Youll need 10 full ribs plus three undercut allow center section planking Cut wing planform plans join section line A-A Attach work surface cover least trailing edge TE portion wax paper now use CyA glues major ity wing construction Pin bottom %2 trailing edge sheet plan Attach two end ribs TE add 1A-in-sq bottom spar spar must shimmed up bench until rear ribs makes flat gapless joint trailing edge sheet CyA everything place add remaining ribs making sure undercut center ribs I/B BRASS TUBE R-2R-Z I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP I/B BALSA SHEET I/B SO-BALSA i/B PLYWOOD 13 WIF UN S/B I/2 MAPLE 1tzI/B BALSA 1SHEET12V 1/32 PLY DOUBLER F-I B F-2 516 BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET HiI ~STABILIZER -litU____ 1114 S/IS BALSA SHEETI/16 PLY HORN MOUNT RECESS IN BOTTOM 7ELEV I/IB M W JOINER I/BI/4 BA SA 5/52 BALSA TURTLE DECK S/3S BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET F 3 - F- 2z5I/B BALSA I/B BALSA SHEETSHEET BOT S IDES 3/32 BALSA I/B DIA MUSIC WIRE I/B BALSA LANDING belong Add leading edge top spar fi nally top trailing edge sheet TE sheet can have its rear edge beveled sanding block give gluing sur face Whether use CyA carpenters glue foregoing assembly recom mend allowing dry overnight Remove wing plan Plank bottom center section /16 balsa sheet glue plywood bellcrank mount Attach A2 wire lead-outs nylon bellcrank easily done needle nose pliers wrapping end around lead-out four five times before clipping off Insert %2 pushrod bellcrank solder retaining washer onto end Thread lead-outs through inboard wing panel out tip Bolt bellcrank mount solder epoxy 64 Model Aviation Full-Size Plans Available. See Page 172 3/B SO BALSA LEADING EDG R-SIN-S 3 LLCRANK N I/A PLY BELL CRANK MOUNT PUSH ROD EXIT -W- WING TOP N-S PLAN VIEW -S 7 0 R-2 q-z 1/16 BALSA SHEET RIBS R-SH- I--1 1J --11~ -~JL--t -- ____________- -7-fI Ii I/B BALSA SHEETELEVATORI/IA BALSA SHEETING FLAP STATIONARYPIJSHROGTOP BOTTOM -- 1 3/32 BALSA T E SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOM I/IA BALSA SHEET TIP SUPPORT /4 50 BALSA SPARS- TOP B BOTTOM WING TIP WEIGHT I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP 1/4 BALSA SCRAP FILL TOP BOTTOM 3/B BALSA SHEET PILL F-I - 1/33 PLY 5 DIA SPINNERDOUBLERS 3/B 1/2 MAPLE MOTOR MOUNTS \ F-2 I/B SO BALSA FS F3A 114 H FUSELAGE VIEW I/B PLY FORMERS F-I B F-S I/BI/4 BALSAI/B BALSA SHEET /FUSELAGE SIDES P4 F-A F-S F A SHEET FORMERS 3/IA BALSA SHEET RUD 1/4 1/5 OFFSET _______\li00_EXIT 19tOZ TANK -------- _--- -_ -LGNYLON 1/16 PLY -HORN IIMOUNT -I/IA MW BOUND TO VIA BPLYPLYWOOD MOUNT BELLCRANK MOUNTI/A BALSA SHEET3/4 DIA 3 BELLCRANKI/B BALSA SHEETCROSS GRAINWHEEL LOCATIONFUSELME SIDES rUt 3/B BAL///7W\ SHEET F ILL/OVERFLOW/Ii1/32 PLY /BOLTSIIIDOUBLER 59 TO 35ILkTO HERE ENGINE FOX 59 SHOWNPAIRING L/B DIA MUSIC WIRE ____________________________-1/4 DIA WHEELS I/IA BALSA SHEET RIB FUSELAGE SIDE VIEW MODEL AVIATION HAPPY DAYS INTERMEDIATE C/L TRAINER DESIGNED BY jIM KOSTECKY TRACING BY 30E DEMARCO nut Add top sheeting allowing neat slot pushrod exit Cut out attach wing tips Add wing tip braces epoxy brass tubing lead-out guides tips Cut out %-in flaps attach wing will added after wing stalled fuselage Smooth wing carefully sanding block making sure round leading edge contour shown plans sharp leading edge will spoil planes cornering ability Fuselage Now doublers have dried check fuselage sides accuracy terms wing cutout stabilizer notch centerlines engine thrust line should parallel Epoxy hardwood engine mounts plywood doublers glad made right left side J-bolt A-in landing gear plywood landing gear mount fuselage former Assemble fuselage sides ply wood firewall landing gear mount using five-minute epoxy Draw rear fuselage together add formers 4 5 6 Slide wing fuselage make sure square fuselage centerline sides viewed front glue place Add formers 3 3A add top stringers nose turtledeck Mount engine good 29- 35 using blind mounting nuts Allen bolts Add soft balsa top block Mount fuel tank have soldered brass tube vent extensions flying bend lower vent slipstream cap upper piece fuel line screw hobby shop still stocks Perfect Brand fuel tank dimensions shown plans yours doesnt suitable alternatives can several sources advertise magazine Plank nose section turtledeck appropriate sheet balsa nose easy done two pieces glue sides moisten draw down middle middle seam glued CyA whole works held masking tape until moisture dries out Plank bottom fuselage grain running across sure install tail wheel before planking over its location Add A-in sheet nose fillers cut out ex haust needle valve holes Block sand fuselage rounding corners smoothing seams Epoxy balsa fairing onto landing gear shape sand Glue stationary wing flaps place Continued page 162 April 1988 65 BALSA EET /4 3/IA BALSA SHEET 3/32 BALSA TURTLEDECKI/B 1/4 FILLBUTYRATESHEETINGBALSA TUBEWINDSHIELD SOFT BALSAI/B BALSAF-3 BPLY /32 DIA MW N BLOCKSHEET F-4BRACE PUSHROD I/B SO\-~--&igF-S F-IBALSA--U -- --- =71 -ii- H i/B BALSA SHEET 0I2345A photos Other tools accessories smaller drawers Rubber stuffer Jim Clems tool loading mo tors Manhattan Scale Bostonian models subject another months photos give idea size shaft /16-in welding rod notched side pieces styro foam sheet left over Dannon Yogurt contain ers after cut out Bostonian prop blades see photo December 1987 column wrongly identified Manhattan prop thread wrap epoxy completes job CL Happy Days/Kostecky Continued page 65 Tail surfaces Cut light C-grain balsa Add A6 plywood control horn mount elevator join elevators wire joiner Round edges taper rudder elevators Hinge stab elevator used nylon RC piano-type hinges Glue stabilizer assembly fuselage slot Add fin add rud der about /2 offset Covering finishing Glue 34 oz weight outboard tip Attach con trol horn bend elevator pushrod Slide plywood fair-lead onto pushrod epoxy fuselage really fastidious industrious builders con trols could enclosed fuselage attaching externally quicker eas ier suited fine Remove horn start finishing process multitude options finish ing dope-and-silkspan epoxy iron-ons youre planning build Stunt ship need experience dopes planes size doesnt rule out dope-and silkspan method like want quick results sacrificing durability following Sand everything 400 wet dry paper used dry Vacuum structure Cover wing MonoKote Mask wing covering about /~ edge meets planking fin ish apply overlaps seam seals Next apply heavy coat K&B epoxy primer dry sand smooth 400 paper too much grain showing re peat filler coat sand again youre fastidious spray coat K&B epoxy whole thing found can Black Baron Epoxy under bench brushed coat yellow came out looking acceptablecertainly concours quality far better planes 20 years ago Some striping tape Mono Kote trim well acetate cockpit fin ished job Dont hesitate experiment kinds miscellaneous extras proj ect wheel pants enclosed controls cockpit detail name few Learning techniques can aggravating can transfer experience advanced projects later Attach elevator horn solder retaining washer set wheels piece fuel line filter once engine muffler have bolted ready go Flying model just pleasant smooth forgiving plane fly Itll whole Precision Aerobatics pattern al though competitively Check center-of-gravity cant imag ine CG coming out anything other nose-heavy initially Fly way first adding tail weight until responds taste Sixty-foot lines 10-in six-pitch propeller used original taking challenge designing building Happy Days worth bet once weather schedule mood click drag out go flying brief shining spell Im 14-year-old kid again savoring mo ment did kid bike tripping over lines ck happy days golden halcyon days Control Line flight CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 66 envelope Tom Dixon Beginner Pattern 1938 Peachtree Suite 401 Atlanta GA 30309 really great idea Sky Rebels continuing successful pat tern established Old-Time Stunt fliers providing well-administered unofficial events supplement official AMA Stunt events Nats particularly good idea should draw some people actually participate Nats might otherwise simply come spectateor perhaps might bother tend extra excitement comes actually participating Nationals ter rific stimulus persons interest Once bitten Nats bug tough shake st ask wives us Stunt junkies about youve reading since Stunts inception truly Precision event advent Nobler encourage passing thought sometime getting good enough fly Nats drop Tom line join fun wont regret Along similar lines although yet off drawing board proposal another supple mental event Doc Passen PO Box 111 Jasonville IN 47438 Doc spearheading group would like initiate what call Nostalgia Stunt event would similar concept now-familiar Old-Time Stunt event designs particular era would qualified competein case years 1953 1963 plan use 1957/58/59 AMA rules essentially same todays exception appear ance points range 16 40 points ex cept include intriguing statement maneuver description horizontal round square eights either inside outside loop may performed first Doc feels era has greater potential OTS number familiarity models qualify much larger familiar pre-1952 vintage OTS 162 Model Aviation 0 0 -h 0 0 z 0 z C, 0 -a 0 -o m m 0 Q C, CD -I CD C, 0 0 C, 0 CD 0 Co 31 0 N D S S. N x 5S& ci x S. Ci x S. x S. S. Ji x S. 0 x S. 0 x U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 64, 65, 162
F things its sometimes easy lose sight fact having fun model airplane important factor Control Line Stunt model intermediate fliers de signed just its small size adds spontaneity ap peal well EJim Kostecky THERE WAS raking yard gor geous fall day perfect blue skies sun really pleasant touched skin September back first week teaching school moments evoke magical times pastthose simple pleasures long ago have etched themselves mem ory bank seem lie wait some like experience trigger heard hair raised back neck Suddenly wanted drop rake grab bicycle go find source fingers tingled senses reeled possessed feeling hadnt experienced quite same way since childhood spellbound de sire find model stand watch ing total fascination done 62 Model Aviation Top translucent covering provides look light strong construction used wing Above generous tail area moment overall lightness allows tight turns times past Almost abruptly come once gonenot noise rev erie Now knew noise what chainsaw probably two streets over shat tering peace quiet wasnt 10 years old anymore 45 woman tel ling shed back half hour store wasnt mom wife wife isnt pretty sharp life kids teaching career ter rific Its just would have given thing 10 years old again searching bike schoolyard ball diamond model airplane flying magic end steel wires Whether yellow orange red blue Control Line planes never failed call siren songs barking engines exuding speed power looped flew upside down glided si lently landing truly sort Splendor Grass Probably modeler could under stand felt clear September af ternoon sudden grating blare chainsaw excavated long-dormant memories childhood fascination hadnt built Control Line airplane since 1972 constructed last competi tion Stunt ship Somehow simple plea sure Id derived Control Liners early years evolved very ful filling competitive Stunt career turn succumbed responsibility family activities Id never forgotten wonderful times Precision Aerobatics less complicated earlier planes Thomas Wolfe may have believed halfbelieved Cant Go Home Again nevertheless sure heck going try very night after chainsaw episode went downstairs de signed subject article Just joy Somehow called Happy Days Back years whole genre sport Control Line airplanes tween simple profile ships like Ringmasters Yak-9s hand competitive Stunt ships like Thun derbirds early Noblers other Wildcats Warriors Squaws Super Ringmasters Continentals host others very legitimate role play intermediate-category planes honed building flying skills Learned build fuselage mount gas tanks wheel pants sand apply finishes solderall good habits save much grief aggravation tackling major Stunt projects later would come enchanting momentthose old-timers know what meanwhen actually flew square loop triangle small heavy airplane stalling out air neat little planes taught can imagine about feel about truly flying competition ship rather simply jerking through series maneu vers some Happy Days will provide pleasurable nostalgia trip airplane can also make fun val uable project intermediate Control Line flier fact Ive seen some fliers set Left The authors sons Jim Jeff stage shot preparing model flight plane equally home grass blacktop al though gear could shortened flying done exclusively hard surfaces Right Pushrod guides made plywood tail wheel protects rudder scrapes ground Any standard control horn pushrod keeper complete elevator hookup Left With model approximately 80% completed paper template made guide cutting out butyrate windshield Right Its simple efficient structure designed fly well also fill gap between rudimentary profile models full-blown Stunters April 1988 63 An old Fox 35 muffler provides plenty power low-tech all-for-fun model pressure line could run muf fler fuel tank ram pressure vent used author works just fine themselyes back both financially timewise jumping basic plane some thing too advanced ship can bridge gap summer spent flying dickens out airplane will pay big dividends later Its lighter similar-sized profile model flies considerably better Barring chance meeting ground will last forever thanks its ability absorb vibration soon found going back design blast past could take some really great new technology Adhesives such Titebond/Elmers va riety carpenters glues certainly plus Cyanoacrylates CyA would have miracle 14-year-old kid started Flite Streak bird model air plane glue silkspan didnt get fly until Sunday afternoon airplanes may have looked pretty good unfortu nately met untimely end lit erally before glue dry Epoxy would have useful too Iron-on coverings would have spared countless admonitions scowls down right threats long-suffering family endured house full dope fumes Mixing some Oil Wintergreen clear dope did appease gasping parents littlebut So got task creating intermediate Control Line model adapted todays flier reminded far weve come area building materials other hand early simpler-but-clumsier days clearly no modelers Eden kind lost inno cence can never recapture Todays modeler faces two realities didnt exist back noise lack convenient flying sites litigation-prone society Noise once fliers trumpet call big brazen sounds models bor ing through skies kicked special surge excitement us vividly remember Nowadays its different story high dB levels once took granted assault neighbors ears noise jeopardizes flying sites So mandatory some sort noise control feature included Happy Days Also current scarcity flying sites convenient modelers homes least part direct result noise issue As kid could have walked half-dozen flying sites Now Im forced drive 15 miles field could closed moment phone call anyone takes exception noise pollution model would need durable landing gear suited rough terrain found outlying fields Happy Days design came up joy buildsimple straightforward yet challenging intermediate builder whole point really flying Im gratified say outperforms its ancestors long tail moment eliminates jerkiness high-speed stab ling might get horsing Ringmaster through 1200 corner Also owing mostly fact builder can select balsa its lightweight ship can remember balsa approximate weight density flexibility concrete some old kits built kid What did know good kit right Finally dont forget use some kind muffler Construction Trace patterns onto appropriate plywood stock like get lot out way start have correct saw handy Bend landing gear drill J-bolt holes plywood landing gear bulkhead Cut out fuselage sides attach plywood doublers place using epoxy carpen ters glue usually pin weight letting dry overnight pre liminary steps accomplished can start building earnest Wing Cut ribs 1/16 balsa Youll need 10 full ribs plus three undercut allow center section planking Cut wing planform plans join section line A-A Attach work surface cover least trailing edge TE portion wax paper now use CyA glues major ity wing construction Pin bottom %2 trailing edge sheet plan Attach two end ribs TE add 1A-in-sq bottom spar spar must shimmed up bench until rear ribs makes flat gapless joint trailing edge sheet CyA everything place add remaining ribs making sure undercut center ribs I/B BRASS TUBE R-2R-Z I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP I/B BALSA SHEET I/B SO-BALSA i/B PLYWOOD 13 WIF UN S/B I/2 MAPLE 1tzI/B BALSA 1SHEET12V 1/32 PLY DOUBLER F-I B F-2 516 BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET HiI ~STABILIZER -litU____ 1114 S/IS BALSA SHEETI/16 PLY HORN MOUNT RECESS IN BOTTOM 7ELEV I/IB M W JOINER I/BI/4 BA SA 5/52 BALSA TURTLE DECK S/3S BALSA I/B BALSASHEET SHEET F 3 - F- 2z5I/B BALSA I/B BALSA SHEETSHEET BOT S IDES 3/32 BALSA I/B DIA MUSIC WIRE I/B BALSA LANDING belong Add leading edge top spar fi nally top trailing edge sheet TE sheet can have its rear edge beveled sanding block give gluing sur face Whether use CyA carpenters glue foregoing assembly recom mend allowing dry overnight Remove wing plan Plank bottom center section /16 balsa sheet glue plywood bellcrank mount Attach A2 wire lead-outs nylon bellcrank easily done needle nose pliers wrapping end around lead-out four five times before clipping off Insert %2 pushrod bellcrank solder retaining washer onto end Thread lead-outs through inboard wing panel out tip Bolt bellcrank mount solder epoxy 64 Model Aviation Full-Size Plans Available. See Page 172 3/B SO BALSA LEADING EDG R-SIN-S 3 LLCRANK N I/A PLY BELL CRANK MOUNT PUSH ROD EXIT -W- WING TOP N-S PLAN VIEW -S 7 0 R-2 q-z 1/16 BALSA SHEET RIBS R-SH- I--1 1J --11~ -~JL--t -- ____________- -7-fI Ii I/B BALSA SHEETELEVATORI/IA BALSA SHEETING FLAP STATIONARYPIJSHROGTOP BOTTOM -- 1 3/32 BALSA T E SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOM I/IA BALSA SHEET TIP SUPPORT /4 50 BALSA SPARS- TOP B BOTTOM WING TIP WEIGHT I/B BALSA SHEET WING TIP 1/4 BALSA SCRAP FILL TOP BOTTOM 3/B BALSA SHEET PILL F-I - 1/33 PLY 5 DIA SPINNERDOUBLERS 3/B 1/2 MAPLE MOTOR MOUNTS \ F-2 I/B SO BALSA FS F3A 114 H FUSELAGE VIEW I/B PLY FORMERS F-I B F-S I/BI/4 BALSAI/B BALSA SHEET /FUSELAGE SIDES P4 F-A F-S F A SHEET FORMERS 3/IA BALSA SHEET RUD 1/4 1/5 OFFSET _______\li00_EXIT 19tOZ TANK -------- _--- -_ -LGNYLON 1/16 PLY -HORN IIMOUNT -I/IA MW BOUND TO VIA BPLYPLYWOOD MOUNT BELLCRANK MOUNTI/A BALSA SHEET3/4 DIA 3 BELLCRANKI/B BALSA SHEETCROSS GRAINWHEEL LOCATIONFUSELME SIDES rUt 3/B BAL///7W\ SHEET F ILL/OVERFLOW/Ii1/32 PLY /BOLTSIIIDOUBLER 59 TO 35ILkTO HERE ENGINE FOX 59 SHOWNPAIRING L/B DIA MUSIC WIRE ____________________________-1/4 DIA WHEELS I/IA BALSA SHEET RIB FUSELAGE SIDE VIEW MODEL AVIATION HAPPY DAYS INTERMEDIATE C/L TRAINER DESIGNED BY jIM KOSTECKY TRACING BY 30E DEMARCO nut Add top sheeting allowing neat slot pushrod exit Cut out attach wing tips Add wing tip braces epoxy brass tubing lead-out guides tips Cut out %-in flaps attach wing will added after wing stalled fuselage Smooth wing carefully sanding block making sure round leading edge contour shown plans sharp leading edge will spoil planes cornering ability Fuselage Now doublers have dried check fuselage sides accuracy terms wing cutout stabilizer notch centerlines engine thrust line should parallel Epoxy hardwood engine mounts plywood doublers glad made right left side J-bolt A-in landing gear plywood landing gear mount fuselage former Assemble fuselage sides ply wood firewall landing gear mount using five-minute epoxy Draw rear fuselage together add formers 4 5 6 Slide wing fuselage make sure square fuselage centerline sides viewed front glue place Add formers 3 3A add top stringers nose turtledeck Mount engine good 29- 35 using blind mounting nuts Allen bolts Add soft balsa top block Mount fuel tank have soldered brass tube vent extensions flying bend lower vent slipstream cap upper piece fuel line screw hobby shop still stocks Perfect Brand fuel tank dimensions shown plans yours doesnt suitable alternatives can several sources advertise magazine Plank nose section turtledeck appropriate sheet balsa nose easy done two pieces glue sides moisten draw down middle middle seam glued CyA whole works held masking tape until moisture dries out Plank bottom fuselage grain running across sure install tail wheel before planking over its location Add A-in sheet nose fillers cut out ex haust needle valve holes Block sand fuselage rounding corners smoothing seams Epoxy balsa fairing onto landing gear shape sand Glue stationary wing flaps place Continued page 162 April 1988 65 BALSA EET /4 3/IA BALSA SHEET 3/32 BALSA TURTLEDECKI/B 1/4 FILLBUTYRATESHEETINGBALSA TUBEWINDSHIELD SOFT BALSAI/B BALSAF-3 BPLY /32 DIA MW N BLOCKSHEET F-4BRACE PUSHROD I/B SO\-~--&igF-S F-IBALSA--U -- --- =71 -ii- H i/B BALSA SHEET 0I2345A photos Other tools accessories smaller drawers Rubber stuffer Jim Clems tool loading mo tors Manhattan Scale Bostonian models subject another months photos give idea size shaft /16-in welding rod notched side pieces styro foam sheet left over Dannon Yogurt contain ers after cut out Bostonian prop blades see photo December 1987 column wrongly identified Manhattan prop thread wrap epoxy completes job CL Happy Days/Kostecky Continued page 65 Tail surfaces Cut light C-grain balsa Add A6 plywood control horn mount elevator join elevators wire joiner Round edges taper rudder elevators Hinge stab elevator used nylon RC piano-type hinges Glue stabilizer assembly fuselage slot Add fin add rud der about /2 offset Covering finishing Glue 34 oz weight outboard tip Attach con trol horn bend elevator pushrod Slide plywood fair-lead onto pushrod epoxy fuselage really fastidious industrious builders con trols could enclosed fuselage attaching externally quicker eas ier suited fine Remove horn start finishing process multitude options finish ing dope-and-silkspan epoxy iron-ons youre planning build Stunt ship need experience dopes planes size doesnt rule out dope-and silkspan method like want quick results sacrificing durability following Sand everything 400 wet dry paper used dry Vacuum structure Cover wing MonoKote Mask wing covering about /~ edge meets planking fin ish apply overlaps seam seals Next apply heavy coat K&B epoxy primer dry sand smooth 400 paper too much grain showing re peat filler coat sand again youre fastidious spray coat K&B epoxy whole thing found can Black Baron Epoxy under bench brushed coat yellow came out looking acceptablecertainly concours quality far better planes 20 years ago Some striping tape Mono Kote trim well acetate cockpit fin ished job Dont hesitate experiment kinds miscellaneous extras proj ect wheel pants enclosed controls cockpit detail name few Learning techniques can aggravating can transfer experience advanced projects later Attach elevator horn solder retaining washer set wheels piece fuel line filter once engine muffler have bolted ready go Flying model just pleasant smooth forgiving plane fly Itll whole Precision Aerobatics pattern al though competitively Check center-of-gravity cant imag ine CG coming out anything other nose-heavy initially Fly way first adding tail weight until responds taste Sixty-foot lines 10-in six-pitch propeller used original taking challenge designing building Happy Days worth bet once weather schedule mood click drag out go flying brief shining spell Im 14-year-old kid again savoring mo ment did kid bike tripping over lines ck happy days golden halcyon days Control Line flight CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 66 envelope Tom Dixon Beginner Pattern 1938 Peachtree Suite 401 Atlanta GA 30309 really great idea Sky Rebels continuing successful pat tern established Old-Time Stunt fliers providing well-administered unofficial events supplement official AMA Stunt events Nats particularly good idea should draw some people actually participate Nats might otherwise simply come spectateor perhaps might bother tend extra excitement comes actually participating Nationals ter rific stimulus persons interest Once bitten Nats bug tough shake st ask wives us Stunt junkies about youve reading since Stunts inception truly Precision event advent Nobler encourage passing thought sometime getting good enough fly Nats drop Tom line join fun wont regret Along similar lines although yet off drawing board proposal another supple mental event Doc Passen PO Box 111 Jasonville IN 47438 Doc spearheading group would like initiate what call Nostalgia Stunt event would similar concept now-familiar Old-Time Stunt event designs particular era would qualified competein case years 1953 1963 plan use 1957/58/59 AMA rules essentially same todays exception appear ance points range 16 40 points ex cept include intriguing statement maneuver description horizontal round square eights either inside outside loop may performed first Doc feels era has greater potential OTS number familiarity models qualify much larger familiar pre-1952 vintage OTS 162 Model Aviation 0 0 -h 0 0 z 0 z C, 0 -a 0 -o m m 0 Q C, CD -I CD C, 0 0 C, 0 CD 0 Co 31 0 N D S S. 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